Research Description: The purpose of this study is to collect information on the different types of events and themes described in narratives about important memories, and also how these types of events and themes vary with different demographic characteristics such as age, sex, education, religion, culture, and location, as well as other factors. For this study you will be interviewed on Google Talk instant messenger.  During the course of this interview you will be asked to respond to questions about three different types of memories, and you will also be asked some questions about your life in general. This study will take approximately 30-45 minutes, assuming you type at a normal rate.

Compensation: Participants who complete the interview will be e-mailed a £5 gift certificate for amazon.co.uk.  Participants in the United States will be offered a gift certificate for an equivalent amount in US currency (about $10.00 at current exchange rates).

 

How to Participate: First you need to sign up here and give me some preliminary information, which will only take you about five minutes to do. This study is only open to people from the United States and the United Kingdom, and if I have reached the number of participants I need in your demographic area, you won't be interviewed. If I can't interview you, your information will be deleted unless you'd like to be contacted in the future for other studies like this. Your information will never be given or sold to third parties.

 

The link for entering your preliminary information is here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=WL_2bSs_2fCq_2bcH_2fi_2fhbZ_2b2sZQ_3d_3d.